| Customer Photographic Examples of our Antique Trunks Being used as a Military or Naval Retirement Shadow Box and Storage Chest!! |
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| This One Has ALL of the Wanted Features! Late 19th Century (1870s - 1880s) All Wood Dome Top Antique Trunk with a Nice Sought After High Arch Giving it that definitive "Piratey" or Treasure Chest Look. Original Decorative Cast Iron Dated Hardware and Brass Lock (May, 11 1875 and Jan 11, 1874). Original Iron End Caps and New Leather Handles. Natural Pine Wood Body in a Rich Reddish-Golden-Brown Finish with Wide Red Oak slats. All Hardware was Polished and Still Retains Much of the Original Black Japanning. Original Lift Out Tray with the "Stay Up" Latch! Swirl Impressions Left in the Wood From the Original First Saw Cut at the Mill. Four Heavy Duty Rear Hinges for Extra Support. Design Impressions Left in the Wood From the Original Tooled Leather. Working Dated Brass Lock and Key! |
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32"L x 21"D x 25"H This dome top has that great rustic look and feel to it with lots of character to both wood and hardware! Has all of the features which a collector or user would want: all wood, liftout tray with stay up feature, working dated lock AND key! Would be a centerpiece in any room, even in a contemporary decor! |
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| Custom Designed, Handcrafted, and Hand Lettered in Caligraphy on your Antique Chest |
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| Note the Flatop and Two Monitor or Waterfall Trunks, Each Being Individually Unique at the Very Time of Production. |
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We all romanticize about the mystique of these antique trunks. The possible owners and travels that each steamer trunk has taken, along with the high level of detailed craftsmanship in the original production of each and every steamer trunk with that individualized character giving both intrinsic and non-intrinsic value. |
It was a common practice that loyal and productive craftsmen would be allowed to bring their children to work with them to learn a craft, so many of the children in this photograph were more than likely sons of the men shown. |
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